linux-kernel - [PATCH]fs: Fix to correct the mbcache entries counter

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Date:	Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:03:28 -0500
From:	"Ram Gupta" <ram.gupta5@...il.com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	"linux mailing-list" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: [PATCH]fs: Fix to correct the mbcache entries counter

This patch fixes the c_entry_count counter of the mbcache. Currently
it increments the counter first & allocate the cache entry later. In
case of failure to allocate the entry due to insufficient memory this
counter is still left incremented. This patch fixes this anomaly.

Signed-off-by: Ram Gupta <ram.gupta5@...il.com>
---------------
--- linux-2.6.23.1/fs/mbcache.c.orig    2007-10-25 09:19:28.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.23.1/fs/mbcache.c 2007-10-25 09:19:59.000000000 -0500
@@ -403,9 +403,9 @@ mb_cache_entry_alloc(struct mb_cache *ca
 {
        struct mb_cache_entry *ce;

-       atomic_inc(&cache->c_entry_count);
        ce = kmem_cache_alloc(cache->c_entry_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (ce) {
+               atomic_inc(&cache->c_entry_count);
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ce->e_lru_list);
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ce->e_block_list);
                ce->e_cache = cache;

Thanks
Ram Gupta
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